Title

A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sydney, New South Wales

Date made

1842

Place made

England View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Support

smooth off-white wove paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso upper left in black pencil, '[illeg., inverted]'. Inscribed verso upper right in black pencil, '7054 [inverted]'.

IRN

203902

Accession number

2011.1167

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2011/2012 (2011-08-31)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from John McPhee, Sydney, August 2011.

Credit line

Purchased 2011

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013